kyo opened this issue on May 26, 2003 ยท 3 posts
kyo posted Mon, 26 May 2003 at 2:54 AM
hi , my problem is to produce a correct loop animation with a walking figure, render as sequence file and import in Flash movie... well, when i use walk designer with any figure, i load the cr2 first and apply the "run" from the walk designer to this figure (uncheck " always end last step...") when i preview in poser interface, all seems fine, the loop is correct and the character seems running all time... i check first image an last image of the sequence if it is the same for correct repetition of loop : it's ok but after render a sequence file, it appears a "break point" beetween the last pic and the pic before the last (for 80 frames : beetwen 79 and 80) the transition is too hard... and when i import into flash movie, i remove the last image because it the same as the first (and you don't need for a loop animation ) but the break point is the problem.. what should i do ??? (trying in poser pro pack and poser 5 sr3. and same problem)
3ncryptabl3_lick posted Mon, 26 May 2003 at 8:40 AM
please explain the 'transition is too hard' ...be more specific, whats too hard? what is your walk cycle start and end frame as well as the cycle repeat? consider the walk cycle and your fps. if you are at 30pfs and only 80 frames of animation you could not produce a walk cycle that is loopable if each cycle was based on a 30frames. (im not suggesting yours is, just using this as an example. i could have just as easily used 15fps with a 10frame cycle) at 80 frames, you would only get two 1 second cycles and the third (the last cycle) would end at its 20th frame. when it looped back to the begin again, it would jump. your last cycle did not have the frames to finish. if you are removing the last image of your animation yiour just making it worse. flash cant help you, you need to set up a full walk/run cycle within poser from step 1 to step 3 (back to the same starting foot) that is a single cycle. repeat those frames in flash, not all 79. so after you make your walk cycle, trim it down to one single cycle from frame 1 to whatever frame the duplicate is at. then cut back one frame and your done. if this is what your trying to do then somewhere along the way, your losing focus or conmfused yourself. or maybe im confused. your post didnt detail your steps very well.
kyo posted Mon, 26 May 2003 at 8:57 AM
thanks for answering, well, i'm confusing too... :-)) the transition seems too hard, i explain : when you are watching animation ,you detect a missing part from one part of the walking cycle,... well, in fact , when i used the WD the default number of frame was 120, then i reduce to 80, (thinking that poser adapt the cycle to the frame number, spacing the movement of lower body, i did it to decrease weight pictures to import in flash... may be a mistake...) then , i try another time this evening, (at this time i work on other project in my office...), i'f you're back in forum tomorrow, i 'll tell if all fine... many thanks... and big apologize for my english writing (shame on me)